GI & Endoscopy

New York Gastroenterology Associates and its four providers provide services to Manhattan's upper east side.

Here are three gastroenterology practices making news:

The Celiac Disease Foundation and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition created a clinical guide for pediatric celiac disease.

Twenty-three patients at Kaiser Permanente's Largo (Md.) Medical Center were treated with an improperly sterilized scope during their colonoscopy or upper endoscopy procedure, Fox 5 reports.

Gastroenterology's board of editors named Eric Shah, MD, a University of Michigan at Ann Arbor second year fellow, the first recipient of the journal's editorial fellowship program.

APC Therapeutics licensed its small-molecule anticancer compound to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals to further its development, GEN reports.

James J. Weber, MD, is the president and CEO of Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, the largest gastroenterology practice in the U.S.

Illinois Gastroenterology Group was formed in 2010 through the merger of three practices.

Here are six updates on GI companies from the past week.

Researchers from Australia-based Adelaide Medical School believe irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea is exhausting patient's T-cells, Science Daily reports.